Almost 40 percent of the U.S. population age 15 and older is obese, and the cost of obesity-related medical treatment is roughly $147 billion to $210 billion per year, according to a recent study by WalletHub.

The National Rural Health Association's Rural Health Policy Institute and The Chartis Center for Rural Health named the top 100 critical access hospitals and top 100 rural and community hospitals for 2019 on Feb. 6.